last saturday event it seemed that hollywood and the white house are closer than ever. take a listen to this. >> i needed somebody to dive in and really become barack obama, and as it turns out the answer was right in front of me all along. daniel day lewis. >> was i playing obama? yeah, i was. [ laughter ] >> michael: do you think that hollywood and the political worlds are now too close for comfort after leaving that dinner the other night? >> too close for comfort? well, it's not a surprise that president obama was heavily funded and heavily supported by hollywood, so i don't know that that's any big surprise there. do i think that the dinner itself -- you know it's one fun night. you know, and as another person said, you know, of all of the problems that washington, d.c. has as far as being dysfunctional, this is very low on the totem pole. this is just a big party. and i'm pretty down the middle kind of guy, but i was pretty excited -- barbara streisand, steven spielberg, daniel day lewis were all there. those are pretty big names that we on the east coast don't ge